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THE GUILD GARAGE: WHEN A HALF HOUR CAR SHOW JUST SEEMS...
Restoration Garage always lived up to its non-car guy producers’ goal to produce a docu-drama.
The producers appeared to believe in the standard TV playbook...
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APRIL 19 MYSTAR FIVE FOR FRIDAY: FIVE MUSCLE CARS OF 1984
The 1980s represented an era when performance finally made a comeback at Detroit.
It was a different kind of performance—not the thumping, big block stuff...
APRIL 2024: 1947 JAILBAR FORD PICKUP—YES, IT WAS A BARN FIND
The term ‘barn find’ is thrown around more than a frisbee at a California beach but in most cases it’s a stretch to call...
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MARCH 2024 STARS OF THE SHOW–AN AUGUST 2015 DOUBLEHEADER SATURDAY
August 15, 2015 was a sunny late summer Saturday, so the weather allowed MyStar to hit two shows that day.
The first one was the...
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A CAR GUY LOOK AT THE TWELVE DAYS OF CHRISTMAS: DAY ONE
DECEMBER 7-A CAR GUY LOOK AT THE TWELVE DAYS OF CHRISTMAS:DAY ONE On the first day of Christmas my true...
MISADVENTURES IN MORON LAND: REFLECTIONS ON DRIVING AN OLD CAR
1963 was a long time ago.
It was a time before laptops, cell phones, Facebook, Kool-Aid inspired hair, and hundreds of bad television channels viewed...
NO RAIN, THE PARK, AND OTHER THINGS AT THE HIGH RIVER CAR SHOW
High River, Alberta hosts one of the last major car shows in western Canada and it is always a sunny day for this annual...
DECEMBER 26, 2015: WHY HOT RODS MATTER
One of the strongest components of the car hobby is the hot rod.
The lines get a little blurred when it comes to the definition...
THE CORVAIR IN ACTION! – A PRE-RALPH NADER PROMOTIONAL FILM BY THE GENERAL
Corvair was General Motors’ answer to this question in 1960: how did the Germans manage to outgun us after World War Two?
The problem for...
TIME FOR CAR GUYS TO HUNKER DOWN IN THE GARAGE AND WORK SOME MAGIC
Sure we mourn the loss of summer, but we also celebrate the impending arrival of winter with some very glad tidings: car guys now...
HIGH RIVER: THE LAST BEST CAR SHOW OF THE SEASON
High River, Alberta is a typical small town.
People know their neighbors and they are friendly in that small town kind of way.
"It is hard...
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GREAT GRILLES OF THE ‘50S – HOW LEARNING CAN BE FUN
Research is the backbone of MyStarCollectorCar’s written material because the collector car hobby is an ongoing education.
The key to this education is finding quality...
CAR SHOWS & EVENTS
MYSTARCOLLECTORCAR APRIL 2024 CAR SHOWS AND EVENTS
APRIL 21: ANCASTER, ON British Car Shows and Flea Market
APRIL 21: CALGARY, AB Nifty Fifty's 38th Spring Thaw
APRIL 26-28: WINNIPEG, MB Manitoba...